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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from front to back, of Mertie West and an unidentified person standing on the rocky shore of Chatham and looking out towards the water during low tide. Mertie West stands in the foreground, left-of-center, atop a low hill elevated above water level. She faces right, but looks back into the image. Behind her, another person stands in the same manner. In front of the pair, rocky formations line the hill they stand upon. In the distance, a rocky beach stretches across the mid-ground. At center, someone walks across the rocky beach. Beyond the beach, the strait flows across the image. Clouds cover the mountains that rise on the far shore. Text from negative sleeve: 2193. Alaska Trip. Chatham Sept.13, 1946 1. A shore settlement 2. The inlet at Chatham 3. Hauling nets to dock for drying 4. Natives have souvenirs for sale 5. Beach below Chatham dock 6. Point below dock at low tide 7. Dock at Chatham 8. [handwritten:] SAME AS NO 4 - SOUVENIRS [end handwritten]
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